Example sentences of "if [pron] were [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if I were Alwyn I would not be too proud of winning a competition to see who could use more cliches than anyone else . |
| 2 | ‘ If I were manager I would … ’ |
| 3 | If I were Souness I 'd go for the Charles Bronson option . |
| 4 | Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know . |
| 5 | ‘ To be absolutely honest , even if you were Aphrodite herself , I would n't let you come near me . ’ |
| 6 | Er recordwise it never happened and does never seem to happen but we can go to America and work in the Irish centres and the Irish clubs and be an Irish band but er the way we could come over here and do a concert to people in general , it does n't I think the radio situation in America for years was al always very if you were folk you played in folk programme , if you were country you 'll play in the country prog whereas here in Britain there 's one great thing with the radio system , people tend to play whatever you know if it 's easy listening programme they play whatever is is nice and easy listening you know . |
| 7 | And maybe if you were Mandy you could . |
| 8 | Dalgliesh wondered if there were things his companion wished to confide which could more easily be said out of the office . |
| 9 | Augusto asked a doctor if there were papers they could read , and was told : ‘ Oh , I would n't bother . |
| 10 | If there were leaflets there was organization . |
| 11 | We could suggest that there could be beliefs of type 1 if there were beliefs which were justified by appeal to the facts and that a belief could be so justified if it was caused by the facts . |
| 12 | ‘ He was very clear that any statement had to be taken correctly , because if there were mistakes it might not be useful in evidence in court . |
| 13 | ( The fear looms that the all-important reference might then contain sentences like ‘ However Miss Smith is prone to emotional displays , and to occasional lapses of judgement ’ — as if there were people who were n't . ) |
| 14 | We , in the election and we should , and we should wait for America and try and advise America a a and , and take a view , a a it oh o otherwise madness lies , if there were people who gon na make deals with bits of Russia for this grievance we 're gon na be in a terrible state . |
| 15 | They , I mean if they were , if they were tigers they would n't do it would they ? |
| 16 | They 've invited other representatives , including some from the Borough Council : and if they were women they could n't have gone . |
| 17 | Except that if they were cowboys they would be dead . |
| 18 | ‘ I said to Bernie if they were mine I 'd want to take them inside on a night . |
| 19 | Humans , robots , cyborgs , androids and aliens : If they were serfs they all had to strip off before going through Arrivals Registration . |
| 20 | If they were slips they would n't |
| 21 | If they were tiddlers he always threw them back . |
| 22 | Oliver said that could have been easily accomplished by telling Shildon where they really were and if it were Shildon she had heard going through a desk in the typists ' room he must already have found out . |
| 23 | If it were Oliver he would have called out to her , come to meet her as soon as he heard the key in the lock . |
| 24 | He says that if it were rats which were passing on TB to cattle there would be no hesitation : the rats would be killed . |
| 25 | ‘ If it were summer I 'd do it even wi' the children . |
| 26 | If he were Intelligence he certainly would n't tell me . |